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mara_sevilla's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.0
briesespieces's review
Everything about this book was so f*cking stupid. Stupid Plot. Stupid and unlikeable characters. Just plain stupid. The woman belongs in jail and the man needs to get injured and off the damn team and in jail right along with her. Her, for basically forcefully getting his child and him for his obsession with younger girls. I had to stop 25% into it because i was left out of fucks to give. The end.
heyitsife's review
DNF
The synopsis does not give a good description of the plot. His friends are annoyed that he hasn’t been sleeping with people so they buy him a hooker and get him drunk. Meanwhile she’s not actually a hooker and is just lying in order for him to impregnate her because she thinks he’s stupid and she wants a dumb father for her child. The basis of their relationship would be sexual assault because she freaking tampered with the condom and then you’re gonna try to convince me they fall in love?!? WHAT KIND OF PLOT IS THAT?!?
The synopsis does not give a good description of the plot. His friends are annoyed that he hasn’t been sleeping with people so they buy him a hooker and get him drunk. Meanwhile she’s not actually a hooker and is just lying in order for him to impregnate her because she thinks he’s stupid and she wants a dumb father for her child. The basis of their relationship would be sexual assault because she freaking tampered with the condom and then you’re gonna try to convince me they fall in love?!? WHAT KIND OF PLOT IS THAT?!?
celtic_oracle's review against another edition
2.0
It ended up being better than I thought it would be at the beginning, but this book really didn't do it for me. Maybe the Big Bang Theory ruined me for stories about physicists, but there didn't seem to be much interesting about Jane. There were a few laugh out loud moments though.
bluebarryhoneybee's review
4.0
The beginning was 5 stars. Act One was my favorite part. The rest was good, but not as good, so I’m giving this a 4-4.5 stars ⭐️.
I was super invested in Jane’s want for a child, and I was sympathetic towards it. I was rooting for her to succeed even though she was morally wrong. When she got caught I was genuinely so nervous for her, it was great. I wasn’t expecting the story to go where it went! I think it was good that I didn’t have particular high expectations for this, because they were exceeded tremendously.
Also Cal is hot. Ugh. Love him. He’s kind of the worst, but in the best way.
All the stuff with the parents was cool, but I wasn’t super invested in them, so whenever it would cut to their perspective, I would check out a little. And also, I didn’t love how many POV’s there are. I’m already a little weird about dual POV’s (I prefer singular) but in this, we have Jane, Cal, Lynn, the dad who I’m forgetting his name, and Jodie who is in the beginning of the story and never shows up again! She does something off screen at the end, but other than that, she’s gone after she tells Cal about the baby plan. Didn’t love that. But to be fair, I didn’t really care or notice until like the very end, so it’s not a huge deal. I still had a good time with this one.
I was super invested in Jane’s want for a child, and I was sympathetic towards it. I was rooting for her to succeed even though she was morally wrong. When she got caught I was genuinely so nervous for her, it was great. I wasn’t expecting the story to go where it went! I think it was good that I didn’t have particular high expectations for this, because they were exceeded tremendously.
Also Cal is hot. Ugh. Love him. He’s kind of the worst, but in the best way.
All the stuff with the parents was cool, but I wasn’t super invested in them, so whenever it would cut to their perspective, I would check out a little. And also, I didn’t love how many POV’s there are. I’m already a little weird about dual POV’s (I prefer singular) but in this, we have Jane, Cal, Lynn, the dad who I’m forgetting his name, and Jodie who is in the beginning of the story and never shows up again! She does something off screen at the end, but other than that, she’s gone after she tells Cal about the baby plan. Didn’t love that. But to be fair, I didn’t really care or notice until like the very end, so it’s not a huge deal. I still had a good time with this one.
amlibera's review
3.0
There is a datedness to the male/female dynamics that reveals it was written in the early 90's but still a terrific romance with a strong couple at its center.
jackiehorne's review
2.0
I've put off reading SEP for a long time. So many romance lovers love her writing, and many tout this book as her best. But her plot lines sounded so old-skool, and her heroes (all football players in this series) sounded too alpha. But I gave this one a try, hoping that it was more my own stereotypes about jocks, not SEP's stories, that were the problem. Alas, at least for this book, that wasn't the case at all. A premise that could have been fun, but the heroine is so sappy at the start of the novel that I couldn't take any pleasure from her bad-girl act. And the romance consists mostly of the hero and heroine yelling at one another, another personal turn-off. Personally I found little appealing about the hero, and had a hard time understanding what the heroine admired about him.
Since this one was written 15 years ago, perhaps I'll try a more recent SEP before giving her up completely.
Since this one was written 15 years ago, perhaps I'll try a more recent SEP before giving her up completely.
debs4jc's review
2.0
The basic premise is that this brianiac chick with limited social skills is so desperate to havea baby that she agrees to be a "birthday present" for a football player. She does get the result she is after, but when he finds out he forces her to get married to him. They then move to his hometown where they have to work out their differences--with a little help from his family and friends.[return]A pretty predictable "marriage of convience" romance, way too unbelievable and focused on all the wrong things. Good for an escape from reality.
420blazeit's review
3.0
this was definitely… better! the premises that SEP uses to make sure the mcs get together are lowkey wild